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Ukraine crisis has created opportunities for the East Med region and Cyprus gas With the EU seeking to get-rid of Russian gas – now at 40 per cent – by two-thirds by the ...

Russian troops are stalled for the third week outside most of the major cities of eastern and central Ukraine, but they have failed to surround and cut off any of ...

Worrying talk of a push to re-establish a bank which cost us all so dearly The trigger for writing this article was a discussion on Omega TV last week which ...

Predatory marriages and UK inheritance law The abuse of marriage is usually associated with deceiving the immigration authorities of a state to obtain residence by people who have no intention ...

Veteran negotiator at various rounds of Cyprus talks should think twice about running for president Andreas Mavroyiannis recently told a journalist that he does not rule out the possibility of ...

The Syrian and Ukraine crises have highlighted the flaws in the current refugee protection system Like the Syrian refugee crisis, the current displacement of people caused by the war in ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Ireland, isle of saints and scholars. Glowing PR to which we can add sinners given the past clerical abuse of unmarried mothers ...

In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen said “EU’s strategy for hydrogen and LNG will be intensified, along with ...

Ever since the Republic of Cyprus was born in 1960, she has always had a problematic, moribund and president-centered system of government, which has been a constant source of problems and ...

The war between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions has led to much higher energy, raw material and food prices that will seriously diminish the real purchasing power of households ...

Freedom of thought and freedom of expression are related but discrete rights under European human rights law. You are free to think what you like, but you are not free ...

The response by some political parties has been shocking By Christos P. Panayiotides Ukraine is the second largest European country, with an area of 600 thousand square kilometres and a population ...

It was my wife Tina who noticed it first, a couple of weeks ago. Her father Charl, a clever, gentle man whom we all loved, was addicted to steroids – a ...

There is an urgent need to open lines of communication and bring this war to an end By Alper Ali Riza Ukraine has been pleading for help from Nato and ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou For some women removing their clothes in front of a stranger may not be a big deal; they’re relaxed about their ...

From occupation to thousands of refugees Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine and foreclosed his and everybody else’s other options, certain aspects of the near future ...

In the aftermath of this crisis Europe will be even more determined to accelerate transition to renewables and clean energy The unthinkable, and probably illogical, happened. Russia has finally invaded ...

Open letter to the Commissioner of Taxation By Christos P. Panayiotides and Nicos G. Syrimis Dear Mr Georgios Panteli, A major problem has confronted Cyprus since 2004, the year in which ...

His decision to invade Ukraine has made the task of criticising Nato difficult, but the reality is that Nato is not innocent I am happy to don sackcloth and ashes ...

Because the Taliban have been designated as ‘terrorists’, it is possible for the United States not only to embargo American aid and trade to Afghanistan, but also to block or ...

Diko seeks a ‘regulatory role’ in politics, but the party leader’s recent comments reveal why that should not happen I watched with interest the interview of Nicolas Papadopoulos, president ...

Brexit provides no reasonable justification for depriving British expats in Cyprus of the right to vote in municipal elections Brexit is no justification for disenfranchising British permanent residents settled in ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Teens rush to grow up, the old often long for past youth and decisions we’d alter if we could. Inbetween years ...

The island does reasonably well against its own clean targets because so far it has been setting the bar very low By Charles Ellinas Cyprus’ distorted renewables market was led ...